Issue: July 18, 2006 Page 2214.5.4 ALC REACTION SPEED.The “ALC SPEED” can be set to a “FAST”, “NORMAL” or “SLOW”reaction time.14.5.5 INPUT LEVEL.The “INPUT LEVEL” can be set to “NORMAL”, in this case the inputlevel sensitivity is adjusted by the +/- keys (8 & 7). If the “INPUT LEVEL”is set to “LOCKED”, the input sensitivity will be fixed at the last valueprior to selecting “LOCKED”. If in this mode adjustment is attempted, a“closed padlock” symbol appears next to the level indicator. Beware thatthis setting has no effect if the “ALC” mode is “ON”.14.5.6 BEEP.The beep signal is only available at the output and is not recorded. It canbe switched “ON” or “OFF”.14.5.7 FILE FORMAT.The Ares-BB+ without any soft option can only record in a linear mode(not compressed). If the soft option #1 is installed it includes also theselection of MPEG compression up to 384kb/s. The selection of “24b”means that the audio is recorded trough a 20 bit A/D converter and thedata format of the file is written in 24 bits.14.5.8 BACKLIGHT.The backlight can be set to always “OFF”, always “ON” or “AUTOMATIC”.In the “AUTOMATIC” mode, the backlight turns on for 30 seconds, eachtime a key is pressed.14.5.9 OUTPUT MODE.This sub-menu permits to turn on or off the sound to the outputconnector in the case that a little speaker is used instead of aheadphone. “ALWAYS” means that the output sound is always present.“ONLY IN PLAYBACK” means that the output sound is present onlyduring playback but not present in the record mode or EE mode.14.5.10 OUTPUT LEVEL.The “CURRENT LEVEL” corresponds to the setting before entering thesub-menu. To modify this level, press the “UP” or “DOWN” keys (9 or 11).The “DEFAULT LEVEL” is the level that has been saved in the memory.To modify the “DEFAULT LEVEL” to the value of the “CURRENTLEVEL”, press the “CENTER” key (13). The default value will beremembered even if the unit loses power.Every time that the output level was modified during playback and afterwards a new record is started,the current value will be reset to the default level.BacklightOffOnAutomaticOnALC speedFastNormalSlowNormalOutput modeAlways onOnly in playbackAlways onFile formatPCM 48K 16bPCM 48K 24bPCM 44K1 16bMPEG 256/48 St.Output levelCurrent level = - 6 dBDefault level = - 9 dBBeepOffOnOnInput levelNormalLockedNormal